Preach My Gospel
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Elder Holland
Above all else we can live the gospel.
Surely there is no more powerful
missionary message we can send
to this world than the example of a
loving and happy Latter-day Saint life … Asking
every member to be a missionary is not nearly
as crucial as asking every member to be a
member! … You can't miss. You don't have to
have a prescribed missionary message. Your
faith, your happiness, the very look on your face
is enough to quicken the honest in heart …
(Ensign, May 2001, 15-16)
Bro. Bill Beardall
The Kirtland period of Church history might be
likened to our childhood. The Church was born
in New York, but shortly moved to Ohio. In Ohio
the Church grew and became better
organized. Many revelations were received and
important keys restored.
As the Kirtland period grew to a close, in some
ways it was like a rebellious teenager. The
Church went through a period of challenge and
tribulation. Many fell away, but many others
were strengthened by the trials and helped the
Church continue to move forward.
Joseph’s Money Mission to Boston
I have much treasure in this city for you, for the
benefit of Zion, and many people in this city,
whom I will gather out in due time for the benefit
of Zion, through your instrumentality.
Tarry in this place, and in the regions round about;
And the place where it is my will that you should
tarry, for the main, shall be signalized unto you
by the peace and power of my Spirit, that shall
flow unto you.
For there are more treasures than one for you in
this city. (D&C 111:2,7-8,9.)
Conversion Genealogy
Shortly after joining the Church, Zera Pulsipher
commenced missionary
work. According to a family
Zera Pulsipher
Joseph Smith
record,
while working
on his farm he felt impressed to
(Vermont)
leave home and begin preaching. The impulse was so
strong that shortly before noon he unyoked
oxen
Johnhis
Benbow
And 600to
Saints
and turned them into the pasture, then walked
the
England)
house and asked his wife for a clean (Herefordshire,
shirt and a pair
of
Hyrum Smith
socks.
"'Where on earth are you going?' she asked.
"'I don't know, only that I am going to preach the
Wilford
Woodruff
gospel. The Lord will show
me where
to go. I am going
(Richland, NY)
where HeJared
guides
me.'
Carter
"'How (New
longYork)
will you be gone?' she inquired.
"'I don't know. Just long enough to do the work the
Lord has for me to do'
Question?
Can You trace your own
Conversion Genealogy?
Everyone in the
Church has a
pioneer ancestor.
Who’s yours?
D&C 50
10 And now come, saith the Lord, by the Spirit, unto the
elders of his church, and let us reason together, that ye
may understand;
11 Let us reason even as a man reasoneth one with
another face to face.
12 Now, when a man reasoneth he is understood of man,
because he reasoneth as a man; even so will I, the Lord,
reason with you that you may understand.
13 Wherefore, I the Lord ask you this questionunto what were ye ordained?
14 To preach my gospel by the Spirit, even the
Comforter which was sent forth to teach the truth.
Question:
Who were those first elders supposed to
teach?
Who are we supposed to teach?
Elder Morrison, Utah North Area
president
"President Hinckley mentioned to us the other day something
which struck a resonant chord in my heart because I suppose I
had felt that way for a long time. It is the concept of believing
blood, that there are some people and some families who are
just naturally believers.
They seem to have a gene of belief or faith as part of their spiritual
DNA. And because they are the natural believers and have the
blood of Israel in them, they do whatever is asked of them. . . .
Nowhere else in the world, I think, is the blood of Israel purer and
richer than in the British Isles. And John Benbow had that
believing blood. When he heard the gospel message, not only
did he embrace it but he embraced it with a fervor and a
dedication which sustained him for the rest of his days.
Bruce R. McConkie
"What then is believing blood? It is the blood that
flows in the veins of those who are the literal
seed of Abraham--not that the blood itself
believes, but that those born in that lineage have
both the right and a special spiritual capacity to
recognize, receive, and believe the truth.
The term is simply a beautiful, a poetic, and a
symbolic way of referring to the seed of
Abraham to whom the promises were made. It
identifies those who developed in preexistence
the talent to recognize the truth and to desire
righteousness" (New Witness, 38-39).
Jeffery R. Holland
I learned from a mission
president recently that one of
his young sister missionaries,
nearing the end of her very
faithful and successful
mission, said through her tears
that she must return home
immediately.
When he inquired as to the problem, she told him money
had become so difficult for her family that to continue
her support, the family had rented their home and
were using the rental proceeds to pay her mission
expenses. For living accommodations, they had
moved into a storage locker. For water, they used a
neighbor’s outdoor tap and hose; and for a bathroom
they went to a nearby gasoline station.
Bro. Holland Cont.
This family, in which the father had recently passed
away, was so proud of their missionary and so
independent in spirit that they had managed to keep
this recent turn of events from most of their friends
and virtually all of their Church leaders.
When this situation was discovered, the family was
restored to their home immediately. Long-term
solutions to their economic circumstances were put
in place, and the complete amount of remaining
missionary support for their missionary daughter
was secured overnight. With her tears dried and
fears allayed, this faithful, hardworking young sister
finished her mission triumphantly and was recently
married in the temple to a wonderful young man.